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U.S. Destroyers, including some being readied for transfer to Britain, under the Destroyers for Bases Agreement of 1940.

A line of U. S. Destroyers tied up in a port. In the line of ships are seen DD-121 ( USS Montgomery), and DD-122 (USS Breese), both Wickes Class Destroyers that saw action with the U.S. Navy in World War II. Workers, including welders and such, are seen repairing and otherwise preparing 4-stacker destroyers for transfer to Britain in the so-called "Destroyers for Bases Agreement" of September 2, 1940.The USS Hale (DD-133) a 4-stacker Town Class Destroyer, later commissioned as HMS Caldwell (I-20), is seen underway in a channel. Lines of ships underway are seen in an aerial view.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046170
President Franklin Roosevelt signs the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940. U.S. soldiers march and drill in a camp.

America prepares for World War II. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 (codified as 54 Stat. 885). He signs and dates September 16, 1940. A blindfolded man reaches into a large glass container and draws out the number of the first young man to be drafted under the new law. He gives the selected number to President Roosevelt. American soldiers march past a line of tents at an Army Camp. They drill on the parade field.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046171
U.S. Presidential contender, Republican Wendell Wilkie. Franklin D. Roosevelt, reelected for 3rd term in 1940.

Views of the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, June, 1940. The hall is filled with delegates holding signs and placards, many for Senator Robert Taft. Several denounce the New Deal. The Republican presidential nominee, Wendell Wilkie, is seen. (The narrator mentions his untimely death in 1944, at age 52.) Scene shifts to cheering crowds in Times Square, New York and to Hyde Park, New York, where the Roosevelt family and associates stand as well-wishers cheer FDR's unprecedented election to a third term as President of the United States. Seen are Colonel House; President Franklin D. Roosevelt; son, John Roosevelt and his wife, Anne Clark Roosevelt; Ethel Du Pont Roosevelt and her husband, Franklin Roosevelt, Jr.; Sara Roosevelt, the President's mother; and his wife, Eleanor Roosevelt.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046172
National Youth Administration (NYA) prepares for Franklin D. Roosevelt's inauguration as a 3rd term President

The inauguration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt for a 3rd term as President of the United States. National Youth Administration (NYA) representatives assemble outside a building. They line up keeping one arm distance and march off to join the inaugural parade. Women engaged in preparations for the inauguration. They stitch NYA tags on shirts and sew NYA flags and banners. An NYA flag flutters from a flag pole. Newspaper headlines about the inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. A newsboy seen by the U.S. Capitol building.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046174
People gather at a parade ground to watch the inauguration ceremony of U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt.

The Third inauguration of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Washington DC, during World War 2. A crowd gathers along the parade route. The dome of the U.S. Capitol building in view. Cars parked along the side of a street. Soldiers talk among themselves. Flags flutter from the flag poles on a building. Planes fly in formation over the building. People seated on chairs. A car passes on the street. Announcements through radio and loudspeakers. A car goes by with mock radio tower stands on it and sign "WOL Mutual". An officer talks over a phone. People hold banners and boards. Group of parade viewers gathered in front of the Occidental Restaurant. A board reads : 'Carry on Roosevelt'. A car arrives. People talk amongst themselves. M3 Stuart light tanks move on the street. A soldier refuels a tank. Boys and girls and teenagers hold NYA flags. A formation of National Youth Administration (NYA) parade units including separate NYA units with white boys and African American boys.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 4 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046175
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt leaves the White House to arrive at a parade ground in Washington DC.

The inauguration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Washington DC. The President leaves the White House. The President seated in a car comes out of the White House. A motorcade passes on the street near the President's car. A crowd gathers along the parade route. Buildings along the sides of the street. People stand outside a building and discuss amongst themselves.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046176
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